Cultural legitimacy and framing struggles in innovation journeys: A cultural-performative perspective and a case study of Dutch nuclear energy (1945-1986)

This article contributes to the field of innovation studies by addressing the role of cultural legitimacy in technical innovation journeys. The article develops a new perspective that connects insights from discourse theory, interpretive approaches to culture, cultural sociology and social movement theory. In contrast to functionalist and structuralist approaches (which tend to conceptualize culture in a top-down deterministic manner), our cultural-performative perspective emphasizes agency, collective sensemaking and framing struggles. Cultural change is a contested process, in which various... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Geels, F. W.
Verhees, B.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
Reihe/Periodikum: Geels , F W & Verhees , B 2011 , ' Cultural legitimacy and framing struggles in innovation journeys: A cultural-performative perspective and a case study of Dutch nuclear energy (1945-1986) ' , Technological Forecasting and Social Change , vol. 78 , no. 6 , pp. 910-930 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2010.12.004
Schlagwörter: Culture / Framing / Legitimacy / Nuclear energy / Technical innovation journeys
Sprache: Englisch
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